In this post we will be looking at the Legal differences between a single parent family and a single mother, Differences in real life and in the legal part.
INTRODUCTION
One thing is what we understand socially and another is the legal question. That is why we want to explain to you in this article what are the differences between both concepts, which in turn have different casuistry. In Spain the law determines that a Single parent family is when a child is legally recognized by one of his parents. The child has the last names of only one parent in the family book. By law a single mother is the woman who has never married.
Legal differences between a single parent family and a single mother
These are the 4 differences that occur between a single-parent family and single mother (or father). Cases that are established:
- A woman has never been married, has children and lives with a partner who recognizes children. Would single mother, but not single parent because the child’s father, or another person lives with her as a couple. The practical situation, regardless of the salary that comes into the house, is of two adults living together, in mutual support.
- A woman marries, has children in that marriage, then divorces, and she has custody of the children and is listed as the only adult in the family home. So yes, it is single parent family. Although there is no coexistence, the other parent, theoretically, has responsibilities to the child. In these cases, reality offers us a lot of different cases.
- A woman she gets married, has children and her husband dies. She is left in charge of the children, because the husband is dead. She is a single parent family, she is not a single mother, she is a widow.
- A woman He does not marry and has children not recognized in the civil registry by any parent. It may be due to non-appearance of the father, because he is adopted, insemination or similar. In this case, she is a single mother and also a single parent family. The only recognized parent is the mother. Whether or not you live with another person, that person is not responsible for the child.
Differences in real life and in the legal part
Being a single mother or being a single parent family, beyond bureaucratic issues, has some practical effects in daily life. Everyone can value it as positive or negative.
- If you are a single mother or a single-parent family of the divorced-separated or widowed type and you live with a partner, you have distribution of expenses, mutual income and support in the tasks. Let’s say that in everyday life the relationship is like a marriage, regardless of whether or not the parent of the children is.
- You are a separated or divorced mother, but the father is not present physically, neither economically, nor emotionally to share the upbringing. The law says that you must receive a pension, but the reality is that you are alone (at the parent level) for all intents and purposes. You are a widowed mother; you do not have a new partner. You are alone in all aspects, less economically than in the widow’s pension, you are recognized as a widowed mother.
- Are divorced mother, and you have the other parent to share parenting and, or, provide a financial pension. You share the upbringing and maintenance of the children according to what has been established by agreement, be it legal or personal.
- You are a single mother no recognized parent, and no partner living with you. You are alone for everything, both in responsibility during the upbringing and in the financial aspects. If the father appears, but without recognizing the child, or another person performs the functions of the father, then the emotional and economic situation of the mother changes, but in person everything will depend on the new relationship that is established.